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From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:16 Cheryl wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: > >> >> <snip> >> >> What is wrong is forcing the entire populace to go through >> a jetlag twice a year. Their driving is more dangerous >> and productivity falls until each person has adjusted his/her >> internal time clock. Congress has been passing laws >> about truckers getting enough sleep. OTOH, they pass clock >> resetting laws which causes everybody to not get enough sleep. >> What's wrong is that it's dangerous and unhealthy. > > What's stopping people from going to bed an hour earlier that night? We're talking about resetting the biological cycle. People, essentially do go to bed an hour earlier (or later) depending on the clock switch. That changes the biology. > > Anyway, that only works for one direction. The other time, everyone gets > an extra hour of sleep, and therefore should be more rested and less > likely to have accidents. > Wrong. An hour extra, from the usual habit, creates a hangover. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:17 Cheryl wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: >> Michael Press wrote: >>> In article <7ufdetFoc1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Cheryl >>> <cperkins(a)mun.ca> wrote: >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> But we still lack a February holiday, unless we have a big enough >>>> snowstorm. >>> >>> February is the cruelest month. >>> >> February is the longest month. I thought US had President's Day in >> February now. >> >> /BAH > > But I'm in Canada, so we don't celebrate President's Day at all, > whenever it comes. I'd make do with a 'mid-February Holiday' in honour > of nothing in particular if I could be guaranteed a break in that dreary > month. > > I suppose we could adopt Valentine's Day as a public holiday. > Take a drive south and you'll have a holiday in February :-). If your visit is based on business, you might have to enjoy the holiday since some businesses close on that day. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:19 Peter T. Daniels wrote: > On Feb 24, 8:14 am, Cheryl <cperk...(a)mun.ca> wrote: >> jmfbahciv wrote: >>> Michael Press wrote: >>>> In article <7ufdetFoc...(a)mid.individual.net>, Cheryl <cperk...(a)mun.ca> >>>> wrote: >>>> [...] >>>>> But we still lack a February holiday, unless we have a big enough >>>>> snowstorm. >>>> February is the cruelest month. >>> February is the longest month. I thought US had President's Day in >>> February now. >>> /BAH >> But I'm in Canada, so we don't celebrate President's Day at all, >> whenever it comes. I'd make do with a 'mid-February Holiday' in honour >> of nothing in particular if I could be guaranteed a break in that dreary >> month. > > We used to have Lincoln's Birthday on Feb 12 and Washington's Birthday > on Feb 22. A while ago, they were rolled into one movable feast. And were declared a government holiday. > >> I suppose we could adopt Valentine's Day as a public holiday. > > A holiday in honor of a single industry? There is Christmas and Thanksgiving and Mother's Day and Easter. >What's significant about Mr > (formerly St) Valentine? Oh, are you ever in trouble ;-) /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:22 tony cooper wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:24:18 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: > >> Michael Press wrote: >>> In article <7ufdetFoc1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Cheryl <cperkins(a)mun.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> But we still lack a February holiday, unless we have a big enough snowstorm. >>> February is the cruelest month. >>> >> February is the longest month. I thought US had President's Day in >> February now. > > As far as I can tell, the only employers that are closed on > President's Day are government offices, schools, and banks. There are others. > To the > rest of the working stiffs, President's Day is just another > work-day...a busier work-day for retail employees, in fact. > > For some reason, retailers think that I will be in the market for a > new refrigerator, set of pillow cases, or an automobile in honor of > President James J. Polk. Newspapers benefit from President's Day from > all of the full-page sale advertisements. > > My son was shopping for new tires and found that a local tire store, > that normally offers a 25% discount on purchase of four tires, had a > President's Day sale offering of four tires for the price of three. > Was P.T. Barnum ever President? Nope, we have one who believes he can fool all the people all of the time. So far, it looks like he's right. :-( /BAH
From: Cheryl on 25 Feb 2010 09:13
jmfbahciv wrote: > Cheryl wrote: >> jmfbahciv wrote: >> >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> What is wrong is forcing the entire populace to go through >>> a jetlag twice a year. Their driving is more dangerous >>> and productivity falls until each person has adjusted his/her >>> internal time clock. Congress has been passing laws >>> about truckers getting enough sleep. OTOH, they pass clock >>> resetting laws which causes everybody to not get enough sleep. >>> What's wrong is that it's dangerous and unhealthy. >> >> What's stopping people from going to bed an hour earlier that night? > > We're talking about resetting the biological cycle. People, essentially > do go to bed an hour earlier (or later) depending on the clock switch. > That changes the biology. > >> >> Anyway, that only works for one direction. The other time, everyone >> gets an extra hour of sleep, and therefore should be more rested and >> less likely to have accidents. >> > > Wrong. An hour extra, from the usual habit, creates a hangover. > > /BAH I've never noticed an hour either way making much difference. I must have an adjustable biological cycle. -- Cheryl |